Rheinhausen station

Rheinhausen station
Separation station

Station building
Location Rheinhausen, North Rhine-Westphalia
Germany
Coordinates 51°23′37″N 6°42′24″E / 51.39361°N 6.70667°ECoordinates: 51°23′37″N 6°42′24″E / 51.39361°N 6.70667°E
Line(s)
Platforms 4
Other information
Station code 5253
DS100 codeKRH
Category4
History
Opened 8 October 1877

Rheinhausen station is located in the Duisburg suburb of Rheinhausen in the Lower Rhine region of the German state of North Rhine-Westphalia. It lies on the Duisburg-Ruhrort–Mönchengladbach railway and is the starting point of the Lower Rhine Railway towards Xanten.

Location

The station is not in central Rheinhausen, but in the suburb of Friemersheim. However, Friemersheim was incorporated into the new city of Rheinhausen in 1934 and has been part of the Duisburg borough of Rheinhausen since 1975.

In front of the station is a shopping mall, which leads to Friemersheim market. The Kruppsee (lake) and its environs is a recreation area next to the line towards Krefeld. Behind the station are extensive residential areas, which are part of central Rheinhausen.

Structure

The now closed station building of 1904 stands on the southern side of the tracks. The station has two island platforms, which are connected by a tunnel, which was extended in 2007 to a new entrance on the northern side of the tracks.

The southern platform gives access to tracks 3 and 4, which are on the lines between Duisburg Hauptbahnhof and Krefeld Hauptbahnhof. Tracks 1 and 2 branch off the line from Duisburg east of the station at a level junction and run to the northern platform, which is used by trains to and from Moers and Xanten.

Track Line Route
1 RB 31 Moers (every 30 min), Xanten (every 60 min)
2 RB 31 Duisburg (every 30 min)
3 RE 11 Krefeld, Mönchengladbach (every 60 min)
RB 33 Krefeld, Mönchengladbach (every 30 min), Aachen (every 60 min)
4 RE 11 Duisburg, Essen, Dortmund, Hamm (every 60 min)
RB 33 Duisburg (every 30 min), Dinslaken, Wesel (every 60 min)

Rail services

Rheinhausen station is served by three regional transport services. The RB 33 and RE 2 services are operated by DB Regio NRW. RB 31 has been operated since 13 December 2009 by NordWestBahn.[1]

Line Name Route KBS
RE 11 Rhein-Hellweg-Express Hamm (Westf)Dortmund HbfEssen HbfMülheim (Ruhr) HbfDuisburg HbfRheinhausen – Krefeld-Uerdingen – Krefeld HbfMönchengladbach Hbf 425
RB 31 Der Niederrheiner Xanten – Moers – Rheinhausen – Duisburg Hbf 498
RB 33 Rhein-Niers-Bahn Wesel – Dinslaken – Oberhausen Hbf – Duisburg Hbf – Rheinhausen – Krefeld Hbf – Mönchengladbach Hbf – Aachen Hbf 420, 425, 485
Preceding station   Deutsche Bahn   Following station
Krefeld-Uerdingen
RE 11
Rhein-Hellweg-Express
toward Hamm
Rumeln
toward Xanten
RB 31
Der Niederrheiner
Terminus
Preceding station   NordWestBahn   Following station
Hohenbudberg Bayerwerk
toward Aachen Hbf
RB 33
Rhein-Niers-Bahn
Rheinhausen Ost
toward Wesel

Notes

  1. NordWestBahn: Blau-gelbe Züge bald am Niederrhein Retrieved 12 February 2010

External links